The Watchman On The Wall

Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Verse 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

In Defense of Daniel

The National Football League once again revealed itself to be
little more than an establishment political tool when it declined to run a
Super Bowl ad submitted by rifle manufacturerDaniel Defense.

The company’s “offensive” ad depicts a former marine arriving home
to greet his wife and child, accompanied by a voice over stating, “no one has
the right to tell me how to defend them.”

The ad supposedly violates the NFL’s advertising
guidelines, which bar ads featuring “firearms, ammunition or other weapons,”
even though the ad doesn’t actually show any of the above, aside from an
illustration of their popular DDM4 rifle featured below Daniel Defense’s logo.

Firearms, ammunition or other weapons; however, stores
that sell firearms and ammunitions (e.g., outdoor stores and camping stores)
will be permitted, provided they sell other products and the ads do not mention
firearms, ammunition or other weapons.

“According to these guidelines,” writesGuns & Ammo, “Daniel Defense’s Super Bowl
commercial does not violate NFL policy for two reasons:

• Daniel Defense has a brick-and-mortar store, where
they sell products other than firearms such as apparel.
• The commercial itself does not mention firearms, ammunition or weaponry.”

When Daniel Defense received notice their advertisement
violated NFL policies, which it clearly didn’t, the company attempted to
rectify the situation by conceding to alter their logo instead to feature an
American flag in the rifle illustration’s place “and/or the words ‘Shall not be
infringed,’” according to Guns & Ammo. “The NFL replied with another
non-negotiable denial.”

It certainly comes as no surprise that the nation’s
beloved sporting franchise – most notable for consuming vast amounts of
Americans’ time, money and cognitive processes through the bombardment of
innumerable matches, needless merchandise and unimportant stats– is once again
being used as a propaganda tool to downplay the value of self defense, gun
ownership and the nuclear family.

As gun rights activistColion
Noir(Preview)pointed out in his excellent video, there is an almost
incomprehensible double standard regarding what the NFL allows on its bread and
circus broadcasts, and what it deems inappropriate.

While the NFL has no problem airing anti-gun or racist
rants from the likes of sportscaster Bob Costas, and no problemurging compliance with Obamacareorpromoting Mayor Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Gunscampaign, or airing violent video game
ads or ads to join the military or halftime shows littered with half-naked
women idolizing a commercial representation of the Illuminati, it ludicrously
chooses to take a stand against an ad depicting wholesome, manly behavior, such
as instinctually wanting to protect one’s family.

The is just the latest example of the golden calf that is the NFL
selling Americans on the notion that the natural right to self defense is
“offensive.” More and more it has proven itself to be a soviet-style political
tool useful only in propagandizing Americans, in addition to distracting the
masses from real pressing issues.

If folks can’t rid themselves of the illusion of freedom the NFL
has constructed by either boycotting it or altogether ignoring it, is there
really any hope for America?